Seven Member States have sent a letter to the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, calling to seize the "historic opportunity, a strategic one" to conclude one of the most important European trade policy agreements with the South American block Mercosur.
Germany, Spain, Latvia, the Netherlands, Portugal, the Czech Republic and Sweden believe that the Union "cannot afford to give way to populist and protectionist arguments about trade policy". In this letter, dated...